Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

Power of Central Government to call for periodical returns or direct inquiries to be made.

6. (1) Every recognised stock exchange shall furnish to the Securities and Exchange Board of India such periodical returns relating to its affairs as may be prescribed.

(2) Every recognised stock exchange and every member thereof shall maintain and preserve for such periods not exceeding five years such books of account, and other documents as the Central Government, after consultation with the stock exchange concerned, may prescribe in the interest of the trade or in the public interest, and such books of account, and other documents shall be subject to inspection at all reasonable times by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), the Securities and Exchange Board of India, if it is satisfied that it is in the interest of the trade or in the public interest so to do, may, by order in writing,-

(a)	-	call upon a recognised stock exchange or any member thereof to furnish in writing such information or explanation relating to the affairs of the stock exchange or of the member in relation to the stock exchange as the Securities and Exchange Board of India may require; or
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